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FELT GLOVE OR MITTEN.

110.331.5501. Patented Dec. 1,1885.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER P. HYATT, OF MATTEAWVAN, NEW YORK.

FELT GLOVE OR MITTEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,501, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed March 23, 1885. Serial No. 159,781. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER P. HYATT, of Matteawan, in Dutchess county, New York, have invented a new and Improved Felt Glove or Mitten, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved seamless felt glove, mitten, or gauntlet.

The invention consists in a mitten, or set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1: A shows a sheet of canvas or other non-felting material, of suitable size, upon which a bat (represented by Fig. 2) B,is placed. Upon this bat is placed a sheet of non-felting material of the shape of an enlarged glove, mitten, or gauntlet (represented by Fig. 3,) O. Squarely over 1, 2, and 3is placed abat, (rep resented by Fig. 4,) D. For-the purpose of forcing the edges of bat D down upon the exposed edges of bat B, so as to have them unite in the hardening squarely over 1, 2, 3, and 4, I place a sheet of canvas or other non-felting material from which has been cutand removed a somewhat larger piece than Fig. 0, but of the same general outline, as represented in the drawings by Fig. 5, E, in which is shown by the shaded portion F the piece so removed. For the purpose of protecting the bat D, I place the sheet of canvas or other non-felting material over all, (represented by Fig. 6,) G. Fig. 7 shows a longitudinal section through X X as represented by Fig. 9. Fig. 8 shows a crosssection through Y Y as represented in Fig. 9. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the several layers from which the glove or mitten is to be formed.

The several pieces of canvas and bats are then, while in position as stated placed under the hardening-boards and hardened in the usual manner. The two bats B and D are only in contact round the outside of Fig. 0, and consequently can only be hardened or felted together where they touch-that is, the bats are only united round the edges of the glove or mitten-.and sheet 0, by preventing the bat B from uniting with bat G, forms, when removed, the opening into which the hand enters. The two bats which thus form seamless glove, gauntlet, as will be hereinafter fully the back and the palm of the glove or mitten may be felted together along the edges, surfaces, or in any other suitable manner to form a seamless glove, mitten, or gauntlet. The hardened article is then subjected to the action of the fulling-mills to reduce it in size and to make it tough and compact.

The above-described method is'peculiarly applicable to mittens and gauntlets. In the case of gloves, although the principle employed is exactly the same, stillI find it difficult to force the upper bat down upon the lower bat between the fingers so as to make union perfect in the hardening, particularly if I use flexible material-such as canvas. I therefore employ some rigid material-such as metal-which would hold its shape, and which may be covered with canvas to prevent peter shamming or imperfect hardening. This outlayer, which fills the purposes repre sented by the drawings, Fig. 5, E, may either force the upper upon the lower bat or the reverse. In the latter case it might with advantage be perforated to allow the passage of steam and be bolted upon the hardening-table or steam-chest. In this case the enlarged figure ofahand would appear countersunk below the general surface. In any case the sheet of metal takes the place of the non-felting material, and, as stated, the principles involved are in both cases identical. The internal or external surfaces of the gloves, gauntlets, or mittens may be covered with fur nap, as is customary with hats.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Aprocess for making seamless feltgloves. mittens, ,&c., consisting of uniting several bats of wool cut out in the shape of a glove, mitten, &c., along the edges of said bats by the hardening process, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A process for making seamless felt gloves, mittens, 850., consisting in placing between two bats of wool cut out in the shape of a glove, mitten, &c., a layer of material which prevents the bats from coming in contact except at the edges, and then uniting the edges which are in cess, substantially as herein shown and described.

Witnesses: WALTER I. HYATT.

HENRY W. WoLcorr, JAS. A. GREENE.

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